GoKawiilStartup partners with Halliburton to bury nuclear waste using oilfield drilling tech
A startup is working with oilfield services giant Halliburton on a plan to dispose of nuclear waste by burying it nearly two miles underground, using horizontal drilling techniques adapted from the oil and gas industry. The approach would place waste in deep boreholes rather than the large centralized repositories traditionally proposed for nuclear waste storage.
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Repurposing horizontal drilling expertise built up over decades of fracking could offer a faster, cheaper path to dealing with America's long-stalled nuclear waste problem, which has lacked a permanent storage site for decades. If proven viable, the approach could also reshape how utilities and regulators think about disposing of waste from both existing reactors and a new generation of nuclear plants.
- A startup is teaming with Halliburton to apply oil-industry drilling methods to nuclear waste disposal.
- The plan involves burying waste nearly two miles underground in boreholes rather than large central repositories.
- The approach reflects renewed interest in solving the long-unresolved US nuclear waste storage problem.
Source: gizmodo.com, 2026-10-02
Published there as: “Big Oil Perfected Sideways Drilling. A Startup Wants to Do the Same With Nuclear Waste”
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